{"id":395699,"date":"2018-01-27T11:33:30","date_gmt":"2018-01-27T11:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=395699"},"modified":"2018-01-27T11:35:08","modified_gmt":"2018-01-27T11:35:08","slug":"18-ways-know-whether-friendship-turning-romance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/01\/18-ways-know-whether-friendship-turning-romance\/","title":{"rendered":"18 Ways to know whether your friendship is turning into romance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you trying to cross the line from platonic to romantic?<\/p>\n

We’ve all been there:\u00a0falling in love with a best friend. Rejection sucks, but learning to tell these signs for what they really are \u2014 that friendship is becoming more \u2014 is sure to save you from much heartache, especially when you know the\u00a0difference between a friendship and relationship.<\/p>\n

\u00a0If you’re a man lusting for a woman, but she’s your best friend, make sure the lust is not fleeting.\u00a0This is because if it\u00a0turns into a friends-with-benefits type of situation, it might lead to more or it might explode.\u00a0And in either case, it is difficult to recover. At best,\u00a0your friendship will never be the same.<\/div>\n

If you\u00a0feel an emotional bond with\u00a0your best friend, and you feel that it is mutual and has potential to last “forever,” be prepared to face rejection and possibly lose him or her. However, if it’s really THAT strong of a connection, then it’ll be reciprocated, which might make it all worth it.<\/p>\n

Sometimes, this is your only choice.\u00a0Because if you’re crazy about someone who was once just a best friend, you won’t want to be in the friend-zone.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0If you feel that it’s not mutual\u00a0and you value having the person in your life by any means, don’t act on it and wait it out Maybe you just have a strong emotional bond, but it doesn’t mean that you’re IN LOVE with the person.<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

If it does become a relationship, prepare for the dynamics of the relationship to change entirely. It likely won’t be as laid-back as the friendship; jealousy might come into the mix,\u00a0and if either or both of you are dramatic or very sensitive, prepare to face the music.<\/p>\n

If you choose to cross this proverbial line, you have to be smart enough to weigh all the possibilities, both negative and positive.\u00a0Be honest and upfront with yourself. Sex should be the last act on your mind when you’re with your best friend.<\/p>\n

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Don’t ignore any potential red flags you see pop up during your friendship. If you notice small problems now, they will become bigger problems later with the emotional baggage added in.<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

So, to make sure you’re not riding that (really thin) line and understand the real\u00a0difference between a friendship and relationship, here\u00a0are 18 signs to keep you on the straight and narrow:<\/p>\n

1. A man’s best friend can call his girlfriend if he is in trouble<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A man’s girlfriend will not be offended by the phone call if she truly knows you’re his best friend. But if she feels like you are hiding your feelings behind your “best friend” title and it later comes out, she will feel betrayed by you.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

So get ready to be on the next episode of\u00a0Jerry Springer<\/em>\u00a0because that is the road you are headed down by crossing that imaginary line, without being upfront and honest with all parties involved.<\/p>\n

2. A man’s best friend can hang out with his girlfriend or potential girlfriends<\/strong><\/p>\n

But obviously, if you’re his best friend-turned-girlfriend, he will not feel as comfortable about you knowing about or hanging around with other women he may find or has found attractive. This will undoubtedly create uneasiness in your relationship.<\/p>\n

3. A man can tell you about women he’s interested in<\/strong><\/p>\n

Men often confide in their female friends in order to get a woman’s point of view. Should he proceed or not? Telling his girlfriend about other women he likes may not work so well, unless you have an open relationship or these are women you both would not mind getting to know mentally and physically.<\/p>\n

4. A man can listen to a mouthy best friend because you are not emotionally connected<\/strong><\/p>\n

You can\u00a0always hang out and speak up with your best friend\u00a0and let an intense situation cool, with no love lost. It’s not quite that simple if the person is a girlfriend, especially if you live together. Every decision you make becomes critical and one you have to face because of the physical and mental connection.<\/p>\n

A man can’t run away or dismiss himself from a woman he is in love with. He loves his best friend, but he is\u00a0in love<\/em>\u00a0with his girlfriend. So whether he likes it or not,\u00a0he will have to deal with a mouthy girlfriend, which takes the tension to a whole new level.<\/p>\n

5. A man’s best friend can go out of town with her girlfriends or guy friends<\/strong><\/p>\n

This should be no problem at all if you two are strictly friends. It will not be easy, however, for his girlfriend to just waltz out of town with her girlfriends or male friends, without a fully documented explanation.<\/p>\n

6. A man’s best friend can have the spare keys to his home<\/strong><\/p>\n

Girlfriends are usually too nosy early on in a relationship.\u00a0For example, a man might be reminiscing by looking at an old photo album of an ex that he just happened to leave open while he was rushing out to go to the airport. A best friend would just look and say, “I remember her” and close the book.<\/p>\n

\u00a0A girlfriend, on the other hand, may want to know “who, what, when, where, and how?”\u00a0She may even draw the conclusion that his business trip is really a rendezvous with this old fling.<\/div>\n

7. A man’s best friend can have all-access to his personal life<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oftentimes with a girlfriend, there may be some stories in his past he may never feel comfortable telling her about. Do not take it personally. Some men may be just too embarrassed.<\/p>\n

A best friend would just laugh it off, but the same stories may destroy his girlfriend’s perfect image of him, e.g., “That’s what you used to do?” She might not be able to handle stories from his past, not truly taking into account that his past experiences, good or bad, helped make him into the man he is today, the man she currently loves.<\/p>\n

We don’t all have perfect, fairy-tale lives. But it’s not about who you were; it’s\u00a0who you are now that matters the most.<\/p>\n

\u00a08. A man’s commitment to his best friend comes without the drama of being in a relationship<\/strong><\/div>\n

A man who is in a committed relationship\u00a0obviously has certain expectations to live up to, and if he fails, it is often fatal and filled with emotional trauma.<\/p>\n

Are you prepared to take the place of the girlfriend in the life of the object of your affection, also known as your best friend? Ready to take the gamble\u00a0and either lose it or gain it all?<\/p>\n

9.\u00a0A man sometimes uses his best friend as a scapegoat<\/strong><\/p>\n

A female best friend may not like this idea so much, because it can put her in an awkward position, especially if she is tight with his girlfriend.\u00a0But in an emergency situation, she would rather not see their relationship fail because of a stupid mistake he made.<\/p>\n

\u00a0We are not condoning this behavior.\u00a0We all make mistakes.\u00a0For obvious reasons, it is a lot harder for a man to use his girlfriend as a scapegoat, although some men have used reverse psychology to find a way.<\/div>\n

10.\u00a0A man enjoys listening to his best friend; he has no option but to listen to his girlfriend if he wants his relationship to last<\/strong><\/p>\n

Best friends truly listen; girlfriends often hear the words that are coming out of his mouth but fail to listen. Girlfriends tend to listen when they are happy but not when they are upset.<\/p>\n

11.\u00a0A best friend accepts a man for who he really is; she knows his inner secrets<\/strong><\/p>\n

Girlfriends are infamous for not accepting the reality of a situation until the end, when all hell breaks loose.\u00a0Perhaps they had always painted a picture in their mind of the perfect relationship, or perhaps they took a scene from their favorite romance and filled in the blank spaces with his name and picture.<\/p>\n

12.\u00a0A man\u2019s best friend has no right to be jealous<\/strong><\/p>\n

A BFF will not be as intensely jealous as his girlfriend, because\u00a0there is no sexual component to their relationship\u00a0that brings on feelings of jealousy and possessiveness\u2013weapons of mass relationship destruction.<\/p>\n

13. A man can and will desire his best friend (but it doesn’t mean anything will come of it<\/strong><\/p>\n

It does not matter what a man\u2019s best friend looks like, but men always desire the most attractive girlfriend they can find.\u00a0 Body type, look and feel all matter as much as inner beauty when choosing a girlfriend.<\/p>\n

14. A man’s best friend doesn’t need him to take care of her the way a boyfriend would<\/strong><\/p>\n

A man is supposed to be the head of the household in a relationship or family.\u00a0A man\u2019s best friend governs herself.<\/p>\n

15.\u00a0It’s easier to trust a best friend than it is to trust a girlfriend who has feelings for her man<\/strong><\/p>\n

Eventually, girlfriends and baby mamas are more apt to turn on a man. The more the emotional investment in the relationship, the harder the whiplash.\u00a0Love has an equal but opposite energy, often witnessed in failed relationships: hate.<\/p>\n

A best friend is not physically and emotionally attached to the relationship in the same way, so the whiplash, if any, is minimal.<\/p>\n

16.\u00a0A man\u2019s best friend can criticize him without him freaking out<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friends usually say something negative and a man will respect her opinion (but not always agree), because it usually comes from a place of pure love and without her personal bias.\u00a0A girlfriend\u2019s negative comments usually come with a mixture of love, bias, emotions and her will for him and the relationship.<\/p>\n

17.\u00a0A man\u2019s best friend does not rely on her best friend to supply her happiness<\/strong><\/p>\n

How many times have you heard a woman say to a man, \u201cYou do not make me happy\u201d? It is more of a mutual exchange of energy between her and her best friend. A girlfriend relies on her man to bring and be her happiness.<\/p>\n

Ladies, for the record, that is a lot of pressure to put on any relationship. Happiness comes from within yourself and compliments the happiness you hope to find in another person.<\/p>\n

18. A man’s best friend is a safe place when it comes to money<\/strong><\/p>\n

Trusting a girlfriend with money will take quite some time.\u00a0A woman who is upset with a man, nine times out of 10, will make a wrong and unfair decision and justify it based on how she feels and not how she would want to be treated if the shoe were on the other foot.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

Source: Beauty and Tips<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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